Adjacent Words

Defloration definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEFLORATION, n.
1. The act of deflouring; the act of depriving of the flower or prime beauties; particularly, the act of taking away a womans virginity.
2. A selection of the flower, or of that which is most valuable.
The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the defloration of the English laws.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something
2: the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse)

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English defloracioun, from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French defloracion, from Late Latin defloration-, defloratio, from deflorare Date: 15th century rupture of the hymen

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. deflowering. Etymology: ME f. OF or f. LL defloratio (as DEFLOWER)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Defloration Def`lo*ra"tion, n. [LL. defloratio: cf. F. d['e]floration.] 1. The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin. --Johnson. 2. That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection. [R.] The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the defloration of the English laws. --Sir M. Hale.